Category: Tribal gaming
Chukchansi Gold Casino Hit with Protests Against Disenrollment
Visitors to the Chukchansi Gold Resort & Casino, near Fresno, Calif., on Saturday, witnessed around 100 people outside the premises protesting against its owner, the Picayune Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians. The Chukchansi Gold Resort & Casino in Coarsegold, Calif., above, was the scene of demonstrations against the tribe’s controversial disenrollment policy. Since the casino opened…
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Colorado State Attorneys Ask Federal Court to Toss Tribal Sports Betting Lawsuit
State attorneys in Colorado have asked a federal court to dismiss a lawsuit filed by two federally recognized tribes challenging how sports betting was rolled out in The Centennial State. A patron at the Ute Mountain Casino Hotel Sportsbook places a wager. The Ute Mountain Ute and Southern Ute Indian tribes have sued the state…
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Muscogee Nation Scores Win in Wind Creek Casino ‘Grave Desecration’ Case
A federal appeals court in Atlanta has revived a complaint brought by an Oklahoma-based tribe that accuses a related tribe in Alabama of desecrating a sacred burial ground when it built its casino. The Wind Creek Wetumpka Casino in Alabama was built on the site of a sacred Native American burial ground. The 11th Circuit…
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Seneca Casino Tax Payments to Return for Niagara Falls, Salamanca, and Buffalo
Seneca casino tax money being held in an escrow account since December 2023 could soon be delivered to its rightful beneficiaries. Seneca Buffalo Creek Casino. Seneca casinos have directed 25% of their slot machine win to an escrow account since December 2023, but that money could soon flow to the host cities that are to…
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Circa Sports Could Add California to Expansion List
Circa Sports is taking its usual pragmatic, thoughtful approach to expanding into new states, but a surprise jurisdiction is on the company’s radar: California. Circa Sports owner Derek Stevens at one of the company’s sportsbooks. He said the operator would be interested in running a retail sportsbook in California. (Image: Jeff Scheid/Nevada Independent) In an…
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Beloit Casino Resort to Break Ground, as Hard Rock Rockford Starts Strong
Construction on a $405 million casino resort in Wisconsin’s Beloit will start later this month. The Ho-Chunk Nation in Wisconsin plans to break ground on its Beloit casino later this month. The project is a $405 million endeavor. (Image: Ho-Chunk Nation) One of six federally recognized tribes in the Badger State, the Ho-Chunk Nation says…
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Hard Rock Could Work with DraftKings, FanDuel in Florida
Hard Rock International currently holds a monopoly on regulated sports betting in Florida, but Chairman Jim Allen said the tribal gaming giant could consider working with industry leaders DraftKings (NASDAQ: DKNG) and FanDuel in the state. A screenshot of the Hard Rock Sportsbook. Florida’s lone regulated sportsbook operator signaled a willingness to potentially work with…
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Alaska Tribe Clears Land in Anchorage for State’s Second Casino
Alaska’s Eklutna Tribe has begun clearing land for what it hopes will become Alaska’s second casino, The Anchorage Daily News reports. Aaron Leggett, president of the Native Village of Eklutna, said the tribe still faces hurdles in its long quest to open a modest gaming facility, but it has also never been closer. (Image: Chris…
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Future of California Cardrooms Murky After Gov. Gavin Newsom Signs Tribal Measure
California is home to more than 80 cardrooms where poker and versions of other popular casino games modified to adhere to the state’s ban on commercial house-banked table games operate. The future of those privately owned commercial enterprises is in jeopardy after Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation to allow tribal nations to initiate legal proceedings…
Read MoreWind Creek Casino ‘Burial Desecration’ Case Lands in Federal Appeals Court
A federal appeals court in Atlanta heard arguments Wednesday in a long-standing legal fight between two tribes over the land on which the Wind Creek Casino and Hotel in Wetumpka, Ala., now stands. The Muscogee Creek Nation claims the Poarch Creeks desecrated sacred burial ground when they built the Wind Creek Casino and Hotel, above,…
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